योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-12

तेषां च निकटे सन्ति शङ्खाः शतसहस्रशः ।
चक्रौघाश्च महाकाराः पद्मवत्संनिवेशिनः ॥ १२ ॥

teṣāṃ ca nikaṭe santi śaṅkhāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ ,
cakraughāśca mahākārāḥ padmavatsaṃniveśinaḥ 12

12. teṣām ca nikaṭe santi śaṅkhāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
cakraughāḥ ca mahākārāḥ padmavat saṃniveśinaḥ

12. ca teṣām nikaṭe śaṅkhāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ santi
ca mahākārāḥ padmavat saṃniveśinaḥ cakraughāḥ

12. And near them are hundreds of thousands of conch shells (śaṅkha), and masses of large, disc-shaped weapons (cakra) arranged like lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• च (ca) - and

• निकटे (nikaṭe) - near, in the vicinity

• सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

• शङ्खाः (śaṅkhāḥ) - conch shells

• शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in hundreds of thousands

• चक्रौघाः (cakraughāḥ) - masses of chakras (discs)

• च (ca) - and

• महाकाराः (mahākārāḥ) - of great size, large-bodied

• पद्मवत् (padmavat) - like a lotus, lotus-like

• संनिवेशिनः (saṁniveśinaḥ) - arranged, situated, residing

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निकटे (nikaṭe) - near, in the vicinity

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

शङ्खाः (śaṅkhāḥ) - conch shells

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaṅkha

śaṅkha - conch shell, a conch

शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in hundreds of thousands

(indeclinable)

Adverbial formation with suffix -śas from śatasahasra (hundred thousand)

चक्रौघाः (cakraughāḥ) - masses of chakras (discs)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cakraugha

cakraugha - multitude of discs/chakras

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (cakra+ogha)

• cakra – disc, wheel, (divine) weapon
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, stream, mass, multitude
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महाकाराः (mahākārāḥ) - of great size, large-bodied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahākāra

mahākāra - of great form/size, large-bodied

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahat+ākāra)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• ākāra – form, shape, size
  noun (masculine)

पद्मवत् (padmavat) - like a lotus, lotus-like

(indeclinable)

Adverbial formation using the suffix -vat

संनिवेशिनः (saṁniveśinaḥ) - arranged, situated, residing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃniveśin

saṁniveśin - arranged, placed, residing

Agent Noun

Derived from the root 'viś' (to enter) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ni', forming an agent noun with -in suffix

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: viś (class 6)

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